10 years ago
A House committee's leader has outlined a new proposal for giving the state more oversight of local public school construction projects. Education Committee Chairman Ron Highland said Tuesday that his panel will vote on his proposal Friday. It would have a joint legislative committee review projects before voters in local school districts decide whether to authorize ...

10 years ago
A Kansas Senate committee has voted to permanently divert federal family planning funding from abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. The Senate Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would make permanent a 2011 provision that distributes funding for Title X, a federally financed family planning program. The provision gives funding priority to public ...

10 years ago
A Kansas Senate committee has delayed its debate on a bill expanding the legal grounds for impeaching and removing judges and state Supreme Court justices from office. Chairman Jeff King postponed the Judiciary Committee's scheduled debate Tuesday until Thursday so that it can consider amendments. Lawmakers are considering the bill after many Republicans have criticized the Supreme ...

10 years ago
A Johnson County lawmaker has defended a proposal to require annual votes on the status of local teachers unions, an idea criticized by Kansas' main union as a distraction from more important matters. The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/21ZGdQj) reports that the bill would require yearly votes to be held on whether teachers want their local union ...

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A Kansas lawn equipment factory will open for business for the first time since a gunman fatally shot three employees at the Hesston facility in February. KSNW-TV reports that Excel Industries will resume operating Thursday. Employees and their families are invited for an open house to tour the facility Wednesday. Employees will be required to show identification ...

10 years ago
Salina City Manager Jason Gage stopped into the KSAL Morning News Tuesday with a look at housing needs around the city and downtown revitalization including opening Fieldhouse Salina, "We've been focused more on when we start than when we open," Gage said. "If we can get started by the end of May or beginning of June ...

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Salina Police Tuesday morning remembered a fallen officer. According to the agency, they had a brief ceremony for K-9 Riddik. Riddik passed away back on December 28th.  At the time, the agency said that Riddik was a fantastic partner for officer Jeff Vaughan. Riddik apprehended many suspects in his career and was the recipient of ...

10 years ago
A music man and funny lady are coming to Salina. Country music star Travis Tritt and comedy queen Kathy Griffin are coming to the Stiefel Theatre. TRAVIS TRITT: Sunday April 24th: More than 27-years after Travis Tritt launched his music career, the Southern-rock influenced artist continues to sell-out shows, and stay true and relevant to Country music ...

10 years ago
A pickup truck linked to Kansas City, Kansas, quadruple homicide suspect has been found abandoned about 170 miles away in Missouri. Police said in a news release Tuesday that the vehicle was discovered on the shoulder of Interstate 70 in Montgomery County, Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol is searching the area for the suspect. Police ...

10 years ago
An incident in which a woman was choked unconscious in Salina has lead to the arrest of a Minneapolis man. Salina Police arrested 25-year-old Brandon Bloom on Monday. Bloom is accused of  choking a 21-year-old female acquaintance as they sat in her vehicle in the 1900 block of N. 9th, at the Bosselman Travel Center, arguing ...

10 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Police say an officer with the U.S. Marshals Service has fatally shot a fugitive while serving a felony warrant in Topeka. The shooting happened Monday afternoon inside a house just northwest of the city's downtown. Police say the white 45-years-old man who was shot was declared dead inside the home. Topeka police Cpt. ...